Tag Archives: travel

Amsterdam

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Judy

We’ve been a bit quiet here, mostly because of awful internet access. The Airbnb place we stayed in in Wormerveer near Amsterdam was marketed as a ‘business listing’, but their wifi was terrible. We complained a few times, they claimed that … Continue reading →

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Windmills

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Judy

On Sunday we drove from Zedelgem near Brugge to Wormerveer, which is to the north-west of Amsterdam. We’re staying here until Friday so we can explore Amsterdam and surrounds. On our way north, we visited the Windmills at Kinderdijk, just … Continue reading →

Posted in Netherlands | Tagged airbnb, sightseeing, snow, travel, windmills, winter | 3 Comments

Dunkirk & Ypres

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Judy

On Friday we nipped across to France to go to Dunkirk. I was going to say that we did it as a day trip, but that sounds like it took us much longer than it actually did. The distance from … Continue reading →

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In Brugge

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Judy

We realised recently that at least some of our travels have been influenced by popular culture. Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency books were pretty much the only reason we initially went to Botswana, although once we got … Continue reading →

Posted in belgium | Tagged airbnb, brugge, food, sightseeing, snow, travel, winter | 7 Comments

Out & About in Rotterdam & Gouda

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Judy

It seems to us that nothing is far from anywhere else in this country. When we drove from the Tulip Inn to our Airbnb place at Kandelaar, it took us less than 90 minutes, and that included a visit to … Continue reading →

Posted in Netherlands | Tagged food, gouda, hook of holland, markets, rotterdam, sightseeing, travel, winter | 6 Comments

More Lights

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Judy

We arrived in Amsterdam last night, but before my short-term memory fills up with Dutch food and landscapes and experiences, I’ll write about our last few days in Scandinavia. The day after we saw The Lights, we had a play … Continue reading →

Posted in Finland, Sweden | Tagged airbnb, ikea, northern lights, snow, sweden, travel, volvo, winter | 4 Comments

This is what we came for

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Judy

Greg has been watching his favourite websites for clues as to when we might be lucky enough to see more Lights and it all seemed like the planets – or rather the coronal hole in the sun, the magnetic field … Continue reading →

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Aareavaara, Sweden

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Judy

I know, I know! It’s been days since we posted an update. The last 8 days in our Finnish cabin in the snow seem to have gone past in a white blur of doing nothing much at all, and having … Continue reading →

Posted in Finland, Sweden | Tagged airbnb, northern lights, snow, snow shoes, sweden, travel, winter | 3 Comments

Waiting

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Judy

I haven’t written an update because it feels like not much has happened, but now I think about it, we have done a few things over the last couple of days. We had another go at snow-shoeing on Monday and managed … Continue reading →

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Yllasjarvi, Finland

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Judy

We’ve seen them! After settling in to our Finnish cabin in the snow and exploring it – you know, opening cupboards and drawers, switching lights on and off and on and off, finding power points, moving furniture and making a … Continue reading →

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Palange, Sweden

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Judy

It’s been a couple of days since we wrote an update, so I’d better get it down ‘on paper’ before I forget. Not that much happened really. On Friday morning, on our one full day in Palange, Greg went out … Continue reading →

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Back in Sweden

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Judy

3 plane fights, a 1 hour drive and about 28 hours after leaving home, we reached our first Airbnb accomodation at Palange in Swedish Lapland last night at 8,30pm. Our flights were good, and the third flight from Stockholm to … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of snow